Ethel Portnoy

Infobox Writer
name = Ethel Portnoy
birthname = Ethel Portnoy


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birthdate = birth date|1927|3|8|df=y
birthplace = Philadelphia, United States
deathdate = death date and age|2004|5|25|1927|3|8|df=y
deathplace = The Hague, Netherlands
occupation = Author
nationality = Dutch Jewish
genre = Essay, Short Story, Novel

Ethel Portnoy (March 8, 1927 - May 25, 2004) was a Dutch Jewish writer. She wrote mainly essays, columns, short stories, travel stories and several novels.

Biography

Ethel Portnoy was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Bronx in New York as the daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants. She studied French literature in the United States, then departed in 1950 to Europe. She also studied cultural anthropology and archeology in Paris with Claude Levi-Strauss. In 1951, she married the Dutch author Rudy Kousbroek, and raised two children.

Portnoy debuted in 1971 at the age of 44 with the book "Steen en Been ". She wrote all her books in English, but considered herself a Dutch writer. Her books were translated by her (ex-)husband, their daughter Hepzibah Kousbroek and Tinke Davids.

Works

* 1971 - "Steen en been en andere verhalen"
* 1974 - "De brandende bruid"
* 1978 - "Broodje Aap. De folklore van de post-industriële samenleving"
* 1978 - "Belle van Zuylen ontmoet Cagliostro"
* 1981 - "Het ontwaken van de zee"
* 1983 - "Vliegende vellen"
* 1984 - "Amourettes en andere verhalen"
* 1984 - "Vluchten"
* 1985 - "Een hondeleven"
* 1986 - "De Geklede Mens"
* 1986 - "De lifter en andere verhalen"
* 1987 - "Dromomania"
* 1989 - "Opstandige vrouwen"
* 1990 - "Rook over Rusland"
* 1991 - "De eerste zoen"
* 1992 - "Europese Kusten"
* 1992 - "Gemengde gevoelens"
* 1992 - "Madonna's Appel"
* 1992 - "Broodje Aap Met"
* 1993 - "Altijd Zomer"
* 1994 - "Overal Thuis"
* 1996 - "Bange Mensen"
* 1998 - "Genietingen"
* 2000 - "Zielespijs en wat verder ter tafel komt"
* 2003 - "Portret"
* 2004 - "Parijse Feesten"
* 2004 - "Vijf onbekende zaken van Sherlock Holmes"

References